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New Blog Alert!!!

By Eric Hill • Aug 31st, 2010 • Category: Branta Recommends, Editorial Notes, Goose Lane Authors, Lists, Publishing


Welcome to the new blog for The Top 100 Canadian Singles book. It’s going to be released soon, on Sept. 30th, from Goose Lane Editions. It’s been two years in the making, and is sure to spark debate, conversation, and above all, lots of passionate talk about the great music of Canada.



100 Abandoned Houses

By the Branta Webcrawler • Aug 24th, 2010 • Category: Branta Recommends, Brave New World, Essays

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Slate Culture Gabfest: World of e-Books

By Eric Hill • Aug 12th, 2010 • Category: Branta Recommends, Brave New World, From the Interweb, Podcasts, Publishing

One of the topics from last week’s Slate Culture Gabfest was a discussion on provocative literary agent Andrew Wylie’s recent shift into the world of electronic text on behalf of his blue chip stable of clients (Updike, Mailer, Nabokov, Bellow, etc.) Will this signal a quantum shift from paper to lcd?



Philip Larkin’s jazz box set will be pure poetry

By the Branta Webcrawler • Aug 7th, 2010 • Category: Branta Recommends, From the Interweb, Poetry, Recommended Artistic Consumption, Travel

Like many of us, Larkin loved best the music he grew up with – in his case Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, the classic swing bands and the small groups led by Eddie Condon – and loathed the arrival of bebop and the further flights of modernism that followed.
Charles Spencer/The Telegraph (UK)



Branch Magazine

By Eric Hill • Aug 4th, 2010 • Category: Branta Recommends, Brave New World, From the Interweb, Goose Lane Authors, In Brief, Publishing

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Kickstartup: Where is Publishing Heading?

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jul 29th, 2010 • Category: Branta Recommends, Brave New World, From the Interweb, Publishing

Contemporary publishing is engulfed by a forest of question marks. What defines a beautiful book? Is it printed or digital? How much does it take (time, money, energy) to produce? How do you get it to your audience? There are so many questions because there are presently so many available options. Advancements in affordability of printing, promotion and distribution has significantly lowered the barrier to entry for would-be publishers.
Craig Mod/Kickstartup



A London Cabbie’s Summer Reading Picks

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jul 26th, 2010 • Category: Advice, Book Reviews, Branta Recommends, From the Interweb, Lists

Our cabbie likes to mix things up by reading both fiction and nonfiction; new releases and older volumes; serious tomes and lighter fare; and, of course, a healthy helping of whatever people leave in the back of his cab. Here’s a list of what Will Grozier loves right now, books that captivate whether you’re poring over them on the beach or sampling them on a short taxi ride.
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Weekend Blog Recommendation: Morbid Anatomy

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jul 23rd, 2010 • Category: Branta Recommends, From the Interweb

Joanna Ebenstein is the web curator of Morbid Anatomy which she developed in conjunction with a photographic exhibition called Anatomical Theatre. When not obsessing publicly about dead stuff, she passes her time as a graphic designer and photographer in Brooklyn, New York. She also runs the Morbid Anatomy Library located in Brooklyn and open to the public. You can reach her at morbidanatomy@gmail.com.



My favourite medical graphic novels

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jul 19th, 2010 • Category: Branta Recommends, From the Interweb, Graphic Stories, Lists, Recommended Artistic Consumption

When Binky Brown (Green’s alter ego) hits puberty after a strict Roman Catholic upbringing, he is plagued by religious guilt and a sexual obsession with the Virgin Mary. The rituals and associations that engulf Binky’s life give a stark insight into the difficulty of living with OCD.
Cian O’Luanaigh.The Guardian



Can iPhone / iTouch apps give you a creativity boost?

By the Branta Webcrawler • Jul 8th, 2010 • Category: Advice, Branta Recommends, Brave New World, From the Interweb, Writing Routines

Jane Friedman, executive director of Writer’s Digest, lists several tools from social media, word processing, blogging, organizing and so on that might keep you on the right path towards productivity. Or at least creative ways to waste your time while you’re not being productive.